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NICOLA BRUTTI

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Position

Professore Associato

Address

VIA DEL SANTO, 28 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498278916

BRIEF OVERVIEW

Nicola Brutti is Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law at University of Padua (Department of Social and Juridical Sciences).
In 2018, he achieved the National scientific qualification as Full Professor of Comparative Law (sector 12/E2).
His main areas of research are Comparative Law, Law and Economics, Torts, Consumer Law, Internet Law, Insurance Law.
He’s member of the Board of the Ph.D School in Private and International Law, University of Padua.
He took part in national and international research projects in several fields characterized by a marked interdisciplinarity, among which 'Apology and Law', 'Bancassurance and codes of conduct', 'Gambling Law and behavioral research', 'Legal translation and citizenship Rights'.

VISITING SCOLARSHIPS

Yale Law School (2018, 2014), University of New South Wales (2018, 2014), Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (2016), Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (British Institute of International and Comparative Law), London- Institute of European and Comparative Law, Oxford, England, “European Contract and Banking Law”- Summer Course directed by Prof. Guido Alpa, 2006; Max Planck Institut für Ausländische und Internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg, Germany (2006).


TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS

Comparative Private Law (2012-present, University of Padua); Internet Law (2018-present, University of Padua); Private Law & Economics (2014-present, University of Padua); Environmental Law (2004-2008, University of Salerno); Media Law (2003-2006, University of Rome, Tor Vergata); University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Master in European Private Law: lectures on European Insurance Contract and Environmental Law, 2005-2006; 2006-2007; 2007-2008; 2008-2009; 2009-2010; 2010-2011


KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION OF CONFERENCES

-“Apologies through law and Cinema”, speech and scientific coordination of the Conference “Apologies in the Legal Arena. A comparative perspective”, University of Padua 27/9/2019

-Guido Calabresi, Lectio Magistralis “The Future of Law and Economics”, University of Padua, 20/3/2019, Opening speech

-Symposium “Unintended consequences of Compensation”, University of New South Wales (17/3/2018) speech “Compensation through Apologies: an Incentive-based approach”

-Conference “Le clausole dei contratti del commercio internazionale”, Rome, Associazione per lo Studio del Diritto Civile (20-06-2014) presentation “Take-or-pay clauses e destination clauses nei contratti di vendita internazionale del gas”

-“Summer Course Organized by the CNF in cooperation with the Juristische Fakultät - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and School of Law – King’s College London on European Private Law in Progress (23 – 27 July 2012)”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, speech “Residential Mortgage and Consumer Protection: the EU Initiatives”

-“XIX Colloquio biennale dell’Associazione Italiana di Diritto Comparato (A.I.D.C.)” University of Ferrara (Italy ), may 10-12, 2007 speaker “Avoidable losses in motor vehicles civil liability”

-Conference “Placita Accademica: le nuove frontiere del diritto comparato”, University of Macerata on May, 23-24, 2008, speaker “Scheme Liability and Damage to the Shareholders”

-Workshop “Mobile Payments”, 15/7/2012, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni (FUB), invited speaker

-Symposium “Il diritto all’informazione ambientale: profili comparatistici”, “Master in Giornalismo e comunicazione pubblica”, University of Tor Vergata, Rome 14

Notices

Office hours

  • Tuesday from 16:00 to 17:00
    at Complesso Beato Pellegrino, "Aula 5" (during the course)
    Students are asked to get in touch with the professor by email in advance.

Teachings

Publications

Books:

- Diritto privato comparato: letture interdisciplinari, Torino, Giappichelli, 2019, I-XVI, 1-356;

-Law & Apologies: profilo comparatistico delle scuse riparatorie, Torino, 2017, 1-284

- Responsabilità civile e attori secondari. Il caso della scheme liability tra esperienza statunitense e dibattito europeo, Milano, Giuffré, 2012, 1-284;

-La telefonia mobile. Profili giuridici, Torino, Giappichelli, 2009, I-XVII, 1-240

-La distribuzione di prodotti assicurativi, Milano, Bancaria, 2007, 1-102

-Il diritto all’informazione ambientale. Profili comparatistici, Torino, Giappichelli, 2005, 1-281

- Recesso unilaterale e obbligo di preavviso. Esperienze europee e nordamericane, Quaderni del Dipartimento di diritto dei rapporti civili ed economici, Università degli Studi di Salerno, 2004, 1-238.


Other essays and articles:


. Oltre i punitive damages: rilievi su una funzione espressiva del rimedio, in Contr. impr., 2017, 3, 840-856;

• Voce Codici di comportamento, in Enc. Dir., Annali VI, 2013, 149-170

• Legal Narratives and Compensation Trends in Tort Law: the Case of Public Apology, [2013] European Business Law Rev., 127-148

• La manipolazione degli indici finanziari: un illecito in cerca di identità, in NGCC, 2013, II, 302-321

• Profili critici del mobile advertising (coautore), in Dir. Inf., 2013, fasc. 6, 797-828

• Autoregolamentazione e codici di condotta, in E. Tosi ( a cura di), La tutela dei consumatori in Internet e nel commercio elettronico. Contratti, responsabilità, rimedi, Tomo II, Diritto delle nuove tecnologie. Collana diretta da Vincenzo Franceschelli, Emilio Tosi, Milano, 2012, 787-818

• L’istituto del condominio: ratio e caratteri distintivi, in S. Sica (a cura di), Il condominio, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2012, 5-30

• Proprietà e diritti reali, in Trattato della responsabilità civile diretto da Pasquale Stanzione. Volume secondo. Responsabilità extracontrattuale, Padova, 2012, 261-280

• La lesione aquiliana del credito, Ibidem, 281-302

• Il danno ambientale, Ibidem, 403-425

• Il concorso del danneggiato, Ibidem, 1267-1288

• La responsabilità in Internet e nel commercio elettronico (coautore), in AA.VV., Trattato della responsabilità contrattuale diretto da Giovanna Visintini. I singoli contratti. Applicazioni pratiche e disciplina specifica, vol. 2, Padova, Cedam, 2009, 503-535

• Prepaid cards e mobile payments: profili dei contratti di telefonia mobile, in Dir. Inf., 1, 2010, 105-117

• Liability for Financial Misstatements and the “Non-speaking Actor” Dilemma, in Cardozo Electronic Law Bulletin, Autumn-Winter, 2009, 1-22

• Responsabilità per danni agli investitori e scheme liability, in Resp. civ. prev., 2008, 9, 1932-1944

• Codici di comportamento e società quotate, in Giurisprudenza commerciale, 2007, 2, 236-262

• Responsabilità civile per la circolazione dei veicoli e avoidable losses, in Patrimonio, persona e nuove tecniche di "governo del diritto". Ferrara, 10-12 maggio 2007, vol. 1, Napoli, 2009, 1001-1011

• La implied pre-emption doctrine al vaglio della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti, in Responsabilità civile e previdenza, 2006, fasc. 2, 394-411

• Beseitigungsrechte e tecniche di ritrattazione del consenso, in Rivista critica di diritto privato, 2005, fasc. 3, 511-519

• Diritto all’informazione ambientale e active dissemination, in Il Diritto dell’Informazione e dell’Informatica, 2004, fasc. 1, 125-155

Research Area

Comparative private Law, Tort Law, Contract and Obligations Law, Law & Economics, ITC Law, Mediation Law, Legal Translation, International Contracts and Arbitration Law.

Thesis proposals

Dissertations in English:

- Italian civil code and English translations: historical-comparative outline

-Contractual privacy law: a comparison between EU and U.S.

-Contractual interactions between humans and AI (artificial intelligence)

-Artificial intelligence and health care innovations: economic and legal issues

- Terms of Service and Social Networks’ policies: the “digital estate” issue

- Non-material damages and defamation

-Liability and insurance in Driverless Cars

-China social credit system and fundamental rights

-Data protection models: between compliance and individual rights

-Adr and family mediation: a comparative overview

-EU Court of Justice and legal translation issues

- Boilerplate and arbitration clauses

-Adverse selection and the protection of genetic data

-Settlement agreements and non-disclosure clauses

-Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Mediation

- Tour Operator Contracts: a study on terminology and clauses

-Behavioral Law Theories: Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

-Corporate social responsibility: a legal-comparative case study

-"Efficient breach": between economics and and moral concerns

- Law & Economics Movement: the scholarship of Guido Calabresi

-Law and Humanities: Remarks on Legal Movies and Adversarial Culture

- Extra-compensative remedies: beyond deterrence and sanction

- The immigration issue: a "law and economics" perspective

- The right to the name and to personal identity